单词 | unmerited |
释义 | unmerited (once / 6231 pages) adj WORD FAMILY unmerited: unmeritedly+/demerit: demerits/merit: demerit, meritable, merited, meriting, meritless, meritorious, merits/meritable: meritably/merited: unmerited/meritless: meritlessly/meritorious: meritoriously, meritoriousness, unmeritorious/unmeritorious: unmeritoriously USAGE EXAMPLESShe also said the agency will continue to “monitor our internal review process to decrease unmerited citations and improve quality control of our citation process.” Washington Post(Sep 29, 2016) It’s time to do away with the unmerited, unaffordable gift of 8% annual raises to seniors who delay collecting Social Security. Wall Street Journal(Sep 27, 2016) And until last week the law recognized an arbitrary, and unmerited, distinction between workers at public and private schools. The New Yorker(Aug 31, 2016) 1adj not merited or deserved received an unmerited honorary degree Syn|Ant gratuitous without cause undeservednot deserved or earned deserved, merited properly deserved condignfitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment 2adj not merited unmerited treatment of a potentially fine subject Syn unworthy lacking in value or merit |
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